Report of Impacts in View Royal August 2017 - March 2018

Environmental Impacts

4 stewardship/restoration activities organized (Chancellor Park, Portage Park, and Welland Legacy Park)
Restored/revitalized 800 square metres of habitat
Removed 28 cubic metres of invasive plants including Scotch Broom, Spurge-laurel, Ivy
Picked up 30 pounds of garbage from parks

Volunteer and Community Impacts

Engaged 442 volunteers including 376 youth volunteers at the activities
Accumulated a total of 527 volunteer hours
Introduced 107 volunteers to View Royal Parks they had never been to before
Introduced 267 volunteers to the environmental activities (invasive plant removals, etc)
News coverage: Chancellor Park activity in Goldstream Gazette (October 27, 2017), Portage Park activity in Goldstream Gazette (February 14, 2018)

Three volunteers using loppers to clear invasive brush

A young woman holding a shovel in a garden area

An adult and youth volunteer planting a tree together

Volunteer Feedback

“Very important program to help support the paid city staff from the different municipalities to tackle an never-ending job of removing invasive plants”

“Seeing all the work done to fix up the View Royal Park. Before we dug out the invasive species, I wondered how we could do it all. But with persistence and a dedicated group like the Green Team we tackled so much in one afternoon.”

“I think that we help local ecosystems a lot, but we also spread environmental awareness, which is equally important.”

“Everything was great, even in the rain.”